TESTOSTERONE (AR)
GLUCOCORTICOIDS (GR)
PROGESTERONE (PR)
1
STEROID HORMONES DIFFUSE ACROSS PLASMA MEMBRANE
STEROID HORMONES BIND TO SPECIFIC, SOLUBLE
INTRACELLULAR RECEPTORS
2
GLUCOCORTICOSTEROID
HORMONES BIND TO A
SOLUBLE INTRACELLULAR
GR RECEPTOR: hsp90
COMPLEX
NUCLEUS
+
3
- ve HRE
+ve HRE
-
STEROID RECEPTORS TRANSLOCATE
INTO THE NUCLEUS AND INTERACT WITH
GRE’S, OTHER HRE’s AND COACTIVATOR
MOLECULES
GRE: GLUCOCORTICOID
 RESPONSE ELEMENT
HRE: HORMONE RESPONSE
ELEMENT